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Qwert · 11-06-2018, 06:02 PM

POLITICS | Government to approve funding for religious buildings

Trinity Church in Grovne (left) and Sailor's Mosque in Grovne (right). Photo: Kin Matts/Vilue

Grovne. Sedunnic law prohibits the state from funding religious organisations, but the Christian Community of Sedunn (Sedunnejj Krisstusset Runngissti) and the Sailor's Mosque (Seifibō Polt) have pleaded for support in maintaining and renovating some of their buildings. Now a law which allows the state to fund the maintenance of privately owned buildings with "a significant historical value" has been found to still be applicable by the Supreme Administrative Court. The Sedunnic government has decided to provide funding for two buildings: the Trinity Church in Grovne and the Sailor's Mosque in Grovne. The amount has not been decided.

Finished in 1625, the Trinity Church was the first permanent Christian church to be allowed in Sedunn due to popular demand by the growing Christian community. Christianity was introduced in Sedunn by Sedunners and foreigners engaged in trade in what is called the Seslinn in Sedunnic, the sea between the Western and the Mid-Southwestern Continent. Today about 10% of the population of Sedunn is Christian.

The Sailor's Mosque was also built by Sedunners and foreigners engaged in the Seslinn trade. The famous naval captain Matts Bakkallu who married Shao Feng from Huawan is believed to be the initiator. Finished in 1785, the Mosque has been visited by muslim travellers and sailors from all over the world and is owned by the Friends of the Sailor's Mosque (Seifibō Poltō Nuvnlē), a non-profit organisation.

Article written by Kerrt Sruilynn

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